LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 8WYL
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The ways in which thyroid hormone affect the body.
Introduction:
The thyroid gland is butterfly shaped which is composed of left and right lobes connected at the anterior midline by a narrow isthmus. Both the lobes of the thyroid gland are highly vascularized.
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